Sure, but a body double would have to be more for the benefit of the North Korean people than for internationals, who don’t really give a damn about Kim either way. And your theory is headed toward CT-range; it’s a bit over the top, even for North Korea. (And if that’s what they were trying to do, their timing clearly was off – it appeared from the article that the reports of a stroke were more than speculation.)
Team America: World Police.
I accuse you, sir, of being a North Korean disinformation agent.
Oh my.
Now it’s time to go participate in some political GD threads. Tee hee hee.
Better go back and look at that again Johnny.
This is a riff on the Dread Pirate Roberts speech from The Princess Bride
ETA:cmyk posted the clip from TAWP
Nah, I have to agree with straight man. Whenever Kim dies, the world’s going to find out relatively fast. The only people who might not find out are the North Korean people because their media is so tightly controlled. And if there really was a Kim body double for the last five years, or any time in the future, the most likely reason would be the country’s unsettled succession - he’s never picked a successor, at least since disowning one of his sons for sneaking into EuroDisney or whatever that was about - and not convincing the outside world Kim was in control.
I just finished that documentary cmyk linked to, and I was wondering about something. How did they manage to film without getting arrested?
They didn’t really say, other than they only allowed him a simple video camera (and a still camera?). I think, to a certain extent, N. Korea wanted the tour to be documented, since they go through all that trouble of putting on pretenses that the country is enjoying prosperity. They want the ruse to get out, not the reality. They’re just stupid enough to think the rest of the world is buying it.
Penicillin?